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11-letter words containing i, d, b

  • root bridge — (communications, hardware, networking)   A bridge which continuously transmits network topology information to other bridges, using the spanning tree protocol, in order to notify all other bridges on the network when topology changes are required. This means that a network is able to reconfigure itself whenever a network link (e.g. another bridge) fails, so an alternative path can be found. The presence of a root bridge also prevents loops from forming in the network. The root bridge is where the paths that frames take through the network they are assigned. It should be located centrally on the network to provide the shortest path to other links on the network. Unlike other bridges, the root bridge always forwards frames out over all of its ports. Every network should only have one root bridge. It should have the lowest bridge ID number.
  • round-robin — a sequence or series.
  • ruling body — authority, group in charge
  • sacred ibis — an African ibis, Threskiornis aethiopica, having a black, naked head and neck and white and black plumage, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
  • sailboarder — windsurfer
  • sandbagging — a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
  • scarabaeoid — resembling a scarab.
  • schrödinbug — (jargon, programming)   /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
  • scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
  • self-binder — binder (def 5b).
  • shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
  • shrubberied — having a shrubbery
  • single bond — a chemical linkage consisting of one covalent bond between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by one line or two vertical dots, as C–H or C:H.
  • ski binding — an device on a ski used to attach it to a ski boot
  • skidbladnir — the huge collapsible ship, made by two dwarfs for Frey, that always had a favoring wind.
  • snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
  • snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
  • soft-boiled — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
  • soil binder — a plant that prevents or inhibits erosion by providing a ground cover and forming a dense network of roots that hold the soil.
  • sorbic acid — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 8 O 2 , slightly soluble in water, soluble in many organic solvents: used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food.
  • southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
  • spellbinder — a person or thing that spellbinds, especially a powerful speaker who can captivate an audience.
  • spider crab — any of various crabs of the family Majidae, having long, slender legs and a comparatively small, triangular body.
  • springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • stereoblind — lacking the ability to see in three dimensions through both eyes
  • stone-blind — completely blind.
  • stourbridge — an industrial town in W central England, in Dudley unitary authority, West Midlands. Pop: 55 480 (2001)
  • strike dumb — to amaze; astound; astonish
  • strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
  • string band — a band consisting of stringed instruments
  • stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
  • sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
  • subadditive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
  • subaudition — an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.
  • subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
  • subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
  • subdecision — a decision secondary to a main decision
  • subdelirium — a mild delirium with lucid intervals.
  • subdiaconal — of or relating to a subdeacon.
  • subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
  • subdistrict — a division of a district.
  • subdivision — the act or fact of subdividing.
  • subdivisive — having a quality that subdivides
  • subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
  • subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
  • subindustry — a subdivision of an industry
  • subjudicial — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
  • subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
  • subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
  • subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
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